Isaiah 66:15-16: "For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many."
Judges 15:14-16: "And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men."
Jeremiah 1:10: "See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant."
Zechariah 4:6: "Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts."
Dreams from the LORD 2003-2006 14 June 2006 Exactly a week ago (7 June 2006) the al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike. Thank God, he’s dead. The interesting thing is that the Holy Ghost was burning me up for at least two days before I heard that al-Zarqawi died (I heard about his death on Thursday). I told Jeremy on Wednesday night that something big was going to happen because I was burning up in the Holy Ghost. The same thing happened just before Saddam Hussein was captured—the Holy Ghost was on me very powerfully the day and night before I heard about his capture. I don’t know if all intercessors go through what I go through, but I do believe when the Holy Ghost is burning me up like that, a principality or power of darkness is taken out. The anointing breaks the yoke of sin; the anointing breaks the yoke of oppression. It is nice to know that the United States has such powerful secret weapons in its arsenal: Holy Ghost intercessors; Holy Ghost warriors. I do believe that the power of the Holy Ghost causes great confusion in the enemy’s camp. About two or so months ago, I was at the shelter in Riverton and there was this guy staying there who just got out of prison. He didn’t like me very much and started to become very loud and obnoxious towards me. All of a sudden, the Holy Ghost came on me very strong, so I went for a walk. I came back to the shelter and that guy’s attitude totally changed—he was confused and convicted of sin. The next morning, he was very nice to me and talked to me in a very civilized manner. I later learned that he had spent seven years in prison for aggravated assault, so the guy has some violent demons in him. I believe the power of the Holy Ghost is getting stronger and stronger in intercessors everywhere. We will see more and more victories over sin and wicked men. The fortresses of Satan will fall and crumble because of the Holy Ghost Fire.
I was listening to an interview with John “Shrek” McPhee. He was a Delta Operator that fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was in the U.S. Army from around 1991 to 2011.
When they were hunting Saddam Hussein, they found out that Saddam’s inner circle were Christians. I think it was because Saddam could trust the Christians.
Sons of Saddam – Bagging Uday and Qusay with DELTA Op John “Shrek” McPhee (3:20- 4:25)
Jeremiah 49:27: "And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.
Psalm 97:3: "A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
Revelation 20:9: "And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them."
Revelation 12:11: “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”
It doesn’t matter if every demon in Hell is unleashed on the earth. We have the Blood of Jesus and the word of our testimony. The Blood of Jesus gives us access to the Father, to the Throne Room of Grace. The Blood of Jesus gives us access to the Holy Ghost Fire. When the Holy Ghost Fire falls on us, Satan’s hold on us is destroyed, bondage is broken. The anointing breaks the yoke of sin.
In the Book of Judges, Samson held a jawbone of an ass in his hand and, in the power of the Holy Ghost, killed a thousand Philistines. In the New Testament, WE ARE THE JAWBONE OF AN ASS: the Lord wields us and uses us and places us in certain places in the earth; the Holy Ghost Fire falls and Satanic strongholds are destroyed.
Psalm 110:2: “The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.”
Zion, in the New Testament sense of the word, is the Presence of God, the Holy Ghost Fire. The Lord shall send the rod of your strength out of the Presence of God. No demon from Hell can stand or come near the Holy Ghost Fire.
II Thessalonians 1:8-10: “In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.”
“WHEN HE SHALL COME TO BE GLORIFIED IN HIS SAINTS.” The Lord needs his blood-washed sons and daughters in the earth, so that He can glorify our bodies (temples) with the Holy Ghost Fire. This is how the wicked are exposed and judged in the earth.
In the Old Testament, an external fire and brimstone came down and destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. In the New Testament, an internal Holy Ghost Fire comes through His saints to judge the wicked.
Hebrews 10:31: “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
Acts 3:19: "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord."
WILMORE, Kentucky. (BP) – Revival fires may be stirring again at a small college in rural Kentucky near Lexington. Services, filled with preaching, singing and personal testimonies, have been ongoing at Asbury University and Theological Seminary since Feb. 8.
A capacity crowd of 1,500 gather on Friday, Feb. 10, at Hughes Auditorium on the campus of Asbury University to join services that have been ongoing since Feb. 8. (photo submitted by Alex Griffith)
According to university accounts, a similar 144-hour revival broke out at the campus in 1970.
Alexandra Presta, a student at Asbury wrote in The Asbury Collegian, the campus newspaper, on Feb. 8, “Peers, professors, local church leaders and seminary students surround me— all of them praying, worshipping, and praising God together. Voices are ringing out. People are bowing at the altar, arms stretched wide.”
She wrote that in the midweek chapel service campus minister Zach Meerkreebs led an invitation for personal confession and testimonies.
“Wednesday chapel speaker Zach Meerkreebs admitted to those in attendance he didn’t know what the call of confession would look like, but this morning he spoke about seeing God not only as a Father but as a friend. Someone who won’t abandon you. Someone who will be there when you need to cry, mourn, rejoice, dance or anything in between,” she wrote in the Asbury Collegian.
Bill Elliff, founding pastor of The Summit Church in North Little Rock, Arkansas, attended a portion of the services on Feb. 10.
“Within the first hour, I had moved from a spectator to a humble participant,” he wrote in a blog on his website.
“There are wise leaders from the University who are helping shepherd the moment. I’m sure they have learned from the past movements how to steward this best,” he wrote.
Elliff has been a student of prayer and spiritual awakening and has written more than 50 books on the subjects.
“In some ways, it is a worship-based, Spirit-led, Scripture-fed prayer gathering. It is just what we should be doing all the time: waiting before God, worshiping Him, praying to Him, listening to Him, responding to Him, and being shepherded by wise leaders who see themselves merely as facilitators of God’s activity,” Elliff wrote.
Elliff said the 1,500-seat Hughes Auditorium was full on Friday night (Feb. 10). Reports indicated it was overflowing on Saturday night (Feb. 11).
Eric Allen, Kentucky Baptist Convention missions team leader, attended a portion of Saturday’s meeting and reported a similar experience.
“Sherry (Allen’s wife) and I had only been there a few minutes singing music when we were both moved emotionally and in tears because the presence of God was so real in that place. We could feel it,” he told Baptist Press.
“There was genuine praise and worship. Everything pointed to God and was very Christ-centered,” he said.
He said that while there was freedom in the meeting, there was also order.
Revival services at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky have been ongoing since Feb. 8. (photo submitted by Alex Griffith)
“One of the things I noticed was that there was spontaneity and order to what was happening. It wasn’t a stifling or restricting kind of order because there was also a freedom for people to testify, sing or pray and the freedom was never wild or without order,” he said.
Elliff made similar observations.
“It is not weird. Everything is extremely orderly but vibrant, spontaneous, and powerful,” he wrote.
Graci Bradley, an Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) student from Shelbyville, attended the Friday night service.
“Seeing people from every nation, tribe, and tongue, and from all different generations, was a glimpse of heaven. It was very encouraging to see that everyone was there for one common goal – to give God glory,” she told Baptist Press.
“He is worthy of it all, and in Him we are united,” she said.
Bradley, an active member of the Baptist Campus Ministry at EKU said in written comments, “What is happening at Asbury is something pleasing to God, as His children are uniting to sing His praise.”
That is a similar theme to the 1970 revival at Asbury, where 2,000 witness teams were sent to 130 colleges to share of their experience. On Saturday afternoon, campus ministers hosted a dinner for college campus student leaders to hear of how they might share in a similar event at their campus.
Kenny Rager, church evangelism strategist at the Kentucky Baptist Convention, attended the service on Saturday night.
“I was encouraged to see the staff shepherding the revival movement,” he told Baptist Press. “They are keeping order, giving instructions, and announcements but still encouraging the freedom of the spirit,” he said.
Rager said there were many testimonies shared while he was there, but there were also sermons.
“I was very encouraged that the preaching of God’s Word is happening. Lots of expressive worship and testimonies but there was also good preaching of the Word by the staff,” he said.
Ella Blacey and Lauren Powell pray during a worship service at Asbury University in Wilmore, Ky., on Friday, Feb. 10. Revival services have been ongoing since Feb. 8. (photo submitted by Alex Griffith)
He says he understands some people might be skeptical of the events taking place at Asbury.
“I understand why people may be skeptical. I was a little, too. We have seen a lot of movements fizzle out or even drift into heresy,” he said.
“Honestly, time will tell if this bears lasting fruit. But I went. I felt the Lord’s presence. I saw people worship. I saw people praying. I heard the Word preached. I met new brothers and sisters in the Lord and I felt the Lord speak to me about some issues,” he told Baptist Press in written comments.
A hunger for God permeates the people we’ve talked to who have attended.
“People are hungry to see God at work, and I think that’s what draws the crowds. They want to see God do something great in our lives and in our midst,” Allen said.
Bradley added, “…it’s my hope and prayer that it doesn’t stop at Asbury, but that it extends all over – we are called to be sent.”
“I believe these meetings are being driven by a desire to see a fresh outpouring of the spirit,” Rager said. “So many people want to see their churches wake up. Programs, plans, and strategic places can never replace the Holy Spirit,” he said.
Elliff called on other believers to pray for what is happening at Asbury and to pray that God would bring it to their church, campus, and city.
“As I spoke to the hotel receptionist this morning, she told me they were sold out of rooms. ‘We were not prepared for revival,’ she said. May it not be true of us,” he wrote.
“We have built the altar and laid the wood in order and have prepared the offering. We have only to wait for the fire.”
--Evan Roberts
"You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there's a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it."
--Leonard Ravenhill
Wilmore, Kentucky
People from all over the world are coming to the Asbury Revival (Credit: Eliza Crawford, a student at Asbury)
Buried within the hearts of those who know the call of God is the stirrings of the Divine seed. Emmanuel, “God with us”, must give way to “God IN us”. The rest we find in God’s providential care should propel us on in that eternal quest to know Him more.
The One who was the Emmanuel of God declared:
“Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away…” John 16:7
WHY?
Because having Jesus with us… is not to be compared to having Jesus IN US! His incarnation made it possible for Him to become our sacrifice to the end He could Dwell IN US! His Spirit could not come until Jesus was glorified (*see scripture below). His blood was shed so that we may draw near to Him “by a new and living way”! We need to begin to comprehend the enormity of the phrase “The Body of Christ” as being His church – not some pedantic building on a street corner, or an isolated, esoteric group of people. The Body of Christ is a Unified Glorious Temple, made up of living stones, each stone infused with the pulsating breath and fire of God, ONE Body in full submission to the Head who has pre-eminence overall!
“Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ Now, this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, *for as yet the Spirit had not been given because Jesus was not yet glorified.” John 7:38-39
JACOB AND EMMANUEL
As astounding and magnificent is this truth of Emmanuel, “God with us”, it is only the beginning of our journey into Him. Jacob at Peniel was close to or just over 100 years old. His life had been filled with the interventions of God before Peniel. No doubt he knew well God’s call, from his mother’s own narrative, even before his birth. Throughout His wanderings, he encountered God at every turn. Though God was “with” him he understood intuitively he did not know Him who is unknowable. The evident Hand of God in his life was not in truth the Face of God; there is a vast difference between a good and providential religious experience and the experiential relationship of true-born sons.
The true passion of His Own is to know Him rather than having the satisfaction of knowing much about Him. The difference between these two is revealed in the secret place of prayer.
ALONE WITH GOD
“The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. And Jacob was left alone.” Genesis 32:22-24
At Peniel, Jacob was alone. He had purposely sent all those around him away as the hidden workings of God moved within Jacob toward a divine appointment with Himself. Jacob was the name given to him prophetically; it accurately described his nature, his essential self. God had another name reserved for him – Israel. This name held a deep and eternal call with repercussions that would reverberate throughout history to this very day. By necessity, what this man was by nature (Jacob), must become another (Israel) for God’s purposes to find fulfillment.
Those who know His call feel this necessity and internal cry which cannot find rest in knowing God is with them. The quest for intimacy and relationship is to apprehend His eternal purpose for them individually (Philippians 3:13). The true love of God desires union not a mere awareness of His existence.
The man Jacob would always feel a stranger with the God who over-shadowed his way. God would remain an unknown to him. The mysterious One would always be there for him but that sense of relationship would remain obscure and incomplete.
“Tell me, I pray thee, thy name” Genesis 32:29
Love ever seeks the object of its desire. The true heart longs for a relationship that is eternal and infinite. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is a singular name. It is this Quest to know God’s Name, His Person, and His being for which Jacob inquired!
“…baptizing them in the name (not names) of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost…” Matthew 28:19
In the Son coming to earth He pleased and glorified the Father in a new way. And the Holy Spirit revealed the new wonders of Christ to all of creation. Even angels could not comprehend the mystery of His work in and through Christ!
“To whom it was revealed that not to themselves, but to us they ministered the same things, which now were announced to you by those having preached the gospel to you in the Holy Spirit sent from Heaven; into which things angels long to look into.” 1 Peter 1:12
The name of God (YHWH) means the “ever-becoming One”. This is the eternal truth of Himself; He is ever becoming more glorious. In everything, He is working new wonders of Himself. Each life that responds to His Call becomes an extension of His unique and living testimony which creation has never seen before. Early on, God revealed Himself through men and women just like us. Their history became part of His own name!
“Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me…” Exodus 3:16
Yet, the God of Moses was unlike anything revealed by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. All creation was struck anew by the power of God revealed through Moses. Consider all who have gone before us. Peter, James, Paul, and Jude all brought fresh, uncompromising expressions of the ONE Triune God. Who can be satisfied in a life lived here without being a unique light and expression as were so many who have gone before us? Each one mentioned in the Book of Hebrews, though not perfect, left an indelible expression of their God. To pass our time here without consequence, without leaving a mark of His glory upon another life, is unthinkable to those who feel that passion to make Him known. When Paul asked for prayer, it was not to have his circumstances changed but that he would know the power of God to make Christ known in all boldness!
“Pray also for me, that to me may be given speech in the opening of my mouth with boldness to make known the mystery of the gospel…” Ephesians 6:19
Those who know their God cannot refrain from proclaiming Him. The more they know Him the greater is their passion to know Him more. The unaffected, the distant ones who are content with unfulfilled promises, unfruitful and uneventful lives; feel not the passion to leave His mark in the world around them. Though God is in truth Emmanuel to many, there are those who, like Jacob, are moved by an inner desire to be “alone” with Him. These ones know the internal conflicts of their hearts; the wrestling, the struggles, and the prevailing work of God! These agonizing experiences are necessary for those who would know the fundamental and essential change from a lost and wandering Jacob to the Israel of God!
Prayer becomes the means to this life-changing relationship. Asking for things is transcended by touching the ONE in whom all provision and glory reside. He is no longer just a god; He is no longer the God of a church, a minister, or an organization. He is now GOD; your own personal Shepherd, King of kings, Lord of lords, and the sole purpose for which this life is lived.
Many may know His acts; many may know the sheer wonder of His providence. But until an individual seeks Him for Himself, He will remain shrouded in mystery and obscurity. He is good, and He will remain good to all who call upon Him. But to those who pursue Him, who desire an audience with Him, will He unveil His wonder and Person.
PRAYER IS THE PRIVILEGE OF THE HUNGRY OF HEART.
The hungry of heart do not depend on scheduled prayer meetings for their heart is an altar upon which the fire burns continually. Abraham did not start a fire as many must do – He brought the fire!
“And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire…” Genesis 22:6
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“And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.” Matthew 17:8
The current fighting in Central Africa is a regional war which now involves eight African countries. Last summer it spilled over into Congo where American Baptist Missionaries have remained. The genocide and senseless killings in some areas have occurred so often that many in the Western world have become immune to the tragedy in this part of Africa. But God's people have been praying and He responds in sometimes miraculous ways. The following story did not make the evening news.
Tutsi soldiers had broken down the door of a young pastor's house and stood poised to slaughter by machine gun fire, him and his entire family right where they sat. Their intent was to massacre the civilians in this Hutu village. "Wait! the young man implored, would you not allow my family and I a moment to pray before we die?" I can almost picture the sneers on the face of these soldiers as they watched this family, an African couple and their young children soberly kneel, arm in arm, in a circle on the floor and pray to God for mercy. The remarkable thing is that the expected shots never came. After praying, the family slowly stood up and saw that the soldiers were gone, not only out of their house but away from their village as well. It was not until several months later they found out just what had happened.
At a church meeting in another town where Christians from both sides had gathered to pray, this young pastor told his story and the seemingly miraculous way in which the soldiers "just disappeared from his house and village."
"I think I can explain," came a quiet voice from the back of the room... spoken by one of the Tutsi soldiers who had been there that fateful day. "You see," said the soldier, "I was there when we broke into your house. I was one who had your children lined up in my rifle site as you kneeled and prayed... when suddenly a wall of fire, fierce and ferocious, jumped up and surrounded the lot of you. We couldn't even see beyond the flames. Due to the intense heat and fire, we knew the house would burn down so we fled. When we went outside and saw your home consumed by fire and yet not destroyed, we fled the village as well. Later I realized that this was not the type of fire we are familiar with, but a fire sent by God. If this is how your God responds, I want to know Him too! I am tired of the fighting and the killing... this is why I came tonight."
Miracles abound in war torn Central Africa. Prayer is, and will always be, the only response to the tragedies and crises in our lives. . A mighty fortress is our God...
[This email was sent to me yesterday] Hello Dear Saints, This is [name deleted] in Jackson Hole, WY! I was born in
Jackson and lived here most of my life! Fire is not a typical problem
in our area! Saturday 9/8 a small fire broke out South of Jackson
[Horsethief Canyon Fire]. It was quickly pushed away from the homes into
national forest. This fire is doubling everyday. At first moving west,
but it has curved around and back behind Jackson. This morning the sky
was black and dark with rain clouds and moisture was in the air. As it
rained I felt a burden to pray 'His Will". I prayed... "Lord if it be Your Will to put judgment on Jackson, Please stop the rain...if it be your will I pray Your Will be done here with this fire. I Pray that you will send 100's of Millions of Angel here to do Your will!" 5-10 minutes later the rain stopped! The sky is blue and there are NO clouds that look of rain! In fact it is cloudless. SO then I felt led to pray... "Lord if it be your will gust the wind. Send wind. Lord if it is your will gust the wind to 40 mph" It went from calm to windy. Currently it is gusting so strong that it blew a planter off my outside table! Right
Now the fire is on the Ridge of Snow King Mountain. The fire has
burned at least 2,040 acres and is being fought with three helicopters,
eight engines, two crews — which are typically 20 firefighters each —
and one bulldozer. One firefighting truck was burned Saturday night. A
total of 112 persons are engaged in the battle, the U.S. Forest Service
incident command said at its Inciweb site for the blaze. An
evacuation advisory remains in effect for east Jackson south of Broadway
and east of Redmond, including the Vine Street-Snow King area. No
evacuation order has been given. Jackson Has been warned 3 times.
This past May. The Churches banded together to stop the move of God. If
the Christian would repent for their sin His mercy would be great. If
the pagans would reject abortion and repent by asking for His
forgiveness, He would spare them! [In May of this year there were
anti-abortion demonstrations in Jackson, Wyoming by Missionaries to the
PreBorn and Operation Save America. These demonstrations were met with
much hate speech by many of the people of Jackson.] My 4 1/2 year
old sang prophetically "God! The evil people deserve to die.
The good people deserve to live!" Yes, He is sending the wicked great
trouble tonight. The Lord is birthing in me a burden to Pray Prophetically! To release Him to move Here! Tomorrow is 9/11 a day of Judgment! A Day for Jackson's Judgment. He comes like a thief in the night! We serve a God who answers with FIRE! Amen! "When
the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and
shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the
spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning." Isaiah 4:4 Our family is safe and is out of the path of the fire! Praise Jesus! Jacksonites, Yours is a Bloody City! This is Sodom! This is Sodom! As a Thief in the Night Jackson, Wyoming Ante Pavkovic preaches in front of abortion clinic in Wyoming _____ "I fear the prayers of John Knox more than all the assembled armies of Europe." --Mary Queen of Scots _____
Tim Shey in Jackson, Wyoming, January 2011.
Above is a very prophetic photograph. The Horsethief Canyon Fire started in the ravine just to the right of my head. Genesis 18: 16: “And the men rose up thence, and looked toward Sodom.” Genesis 18: 20-22: "And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD." Genesis 19: 27-28: "And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and behold, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace." Holy Ghost Fire
Origin of the Horsethief Canyon Fire south of Jackson, WY, September 2012
The Eruption of Mount Pelee, St. Pierre, Martinique, 1902 Leviticus 20: 4: "And if the
people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he
giveth of his seed unto Molech [abortion, child sacrifice], and kill him not: Then I will set my face
against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all
that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among
their people."
_____ Here is some commentary from the JH Weekly in Jackson, Wyoming: Props and Disses: 9.19.12
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
By Jake Nichols
We didn’t start the fire, God did - DISS
Many valley residents prayed during the early stages of the Horsethief Canyon Fire. Some East Jackson residents prayed that their home be spared. Some prayed for the safety of the firefighters. Remember the religious group that came to Jackson this spring to fight for the unborn? They prayed we’d burn down.
To be fair, only a select few have been spotted in the blogosphere practically cheering the wildfire. Some even believed their prayers brought it upon our town – a Sodomite Jackson getting its comeuppance. At one blogspot run by Tim Shey, the hitchhiking prophet, the following entry appeared on Monday, September 10, the day rain began to fall on the fire:
“I prayed: ‘Lord, if it be Your will to put judgment on Jackson, please stop the rain.’ Five to 10 minutes later it stopped. Then I felt led to pray: ‘Lord, if it be Your will, gust the wind. Send wind. Lord, if it is Your will, gust the wind to 40 mph.’ It went from calm to windy. Currently, it is gusting so strong that it blew a planter off my outside table!”
The blogger continued: “My four-and-a-half-year-old sang prophetically ‘God! The evil people deserve to die.’ Jackson has been warned three times. Tomorrow is 9-11, a day of Judgment! A Day for Jackson’s Judgment. He comes like a thief in the night! We serve a God who answers with FIRE! Amen! Our family is safe and is out of the path of the fire! Praise Jesus!”
Judging from the comment section, this guy is not alone in his belief that the Horsethief Canyon Fire is being used by or was sent by God to smite Jackson for being pro-choice.
I don’t mean to berate or belittle this blogger, or any of the other zealots that visited Jackson in May who share the sentiment. But a rebuking may be in order. I am a believer. God, who commanded the universe into existence, is certainly capable of whipping up a 4,000-acre wildfire to teach a town a lesson. Jesus Christ, who died and rose from the dead to offer salvation from sin by the perfect sacrifice, can easily sic a fire on an ungodly town if He desired.
Last night I had a dream. In the dream, I was walking to the back of the sheepherder's camper that I stay in. As I turned the corner, there was a wolf sitting on the other side of the steps. When the wolf saw me, it fled.
One reason why I think this dream is of the Lord is that, after around one o'clock in the morning, I did not sleep at all. I was burning up in the Holy Ghost. When the Presence of God is so strong that it keeps me up all or most of the night, it DOES mean something. And when that happens, I am not even tired or sleepy the next day.
The wolf, in the dream, represents evil. The power of the Holy Ghost in me caused the wolf to flee.
Psalm 80: 16: "It is burned with fire,
it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance."
Psalm 104: 7: "At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away."
Dreams from the LORD 2007-2010 22 February 2008 A little over a week ago, I was walking out of Kooskia, Idaho when this
lady picked me up. Her name was Fran and she lived in the Kooskia
neighborhood. We started talking and she told me that she had been
trying to quit cigarettes for quite some time. I asked her if she would
like for me to pray with her. She agreed and pulled over by the river
and let her dog run around for a while. I put my hand on Fran’s shoulder
and began to pray in the Holy Ghost (praying in tongues). I prayed for a short while and then Fran looked at me and told me that
she could pick out some of the words that I was saying. (Since around
April of 1989, I have been praying in a French tongue. Before that, I
spoke in another tongue.) She told me that it sounded like the French
spoken in the Caribbean or in Asia (probably the former French
Indonesia). Fran recognized the words: “Father”, “heaven”, “church”,
“mother”, “feeding” and maybe a couple of other words. She said that she
had studied French for nine years. I told her that I had studied German
for two years in high school and one year in college—and that I had
never studied French in my life. I remember I was hitchhiking in Montana a few years ago, and this one
guy picked me up and he asked me to pray in the Holy Ghost. He said that
he was a French major in college and that he had spent several years in
France. He told me that the tongue that I prayed in sounded like the
French spoken in the Middle Ages. Two or three years ago, I was staying in Pomeroy, Washington with a
family and I laid my hands on the husband and the son and prayed in the
Holy Ghost. The wife had studied French and she said that she heard me
say, “it is so, it is so” and, I think, “praise.” Back in the fall of 1989, I was taking a linguistics class at Iowa State
University and there was this young lady from Kuwait in that same
class. I asked her what languages she knew and she told me that she new
Arabic, English and French. So I told her that I was a Pentecostal
Christian (she was probably a Muslim) and that I prayed in tongues. She
asked me to pray, and after I had prayed just for a short while, she got
this surprised, flabbergasted look on her face. She looked at me in great wonder and asked, “You don’t know what you are saying?” I answered, “No.” She asked again, “You REALLY don’t know what you are saying?” “No. I really don’t. I have never studied French.” She kept staring at me in wonder and astonishment. So I asked her, “Do you know what I am saying?” With a beautiful smile, she answered, “You are singing to your Father up in the sky.” We were all (there were several girls and myself) sitting on the floor
outside the classroom door waiting for the class to begin. A couple of
the girls asked me some questions about praying in tongues. The young
lady from Kuwait kept staring at me. A week or so later, the young lady from Kuwait told me that she went
back to her apartment and told her younger sister about my praying in
tongues. Her sister was more surprised than she was. I remember telling
her to read about tongues in Acts 2:4 and she told me that she had
heard about praying in tongues before she had met me. Maybe the Lord
used her to minister to her sister and she didn’t even know it. It
seemed like her sister was more interested in tongues than she was.
Sometimes that is how the Lord works. The Lord’s thoughts are higher
than our thoughts; He can see much farther than we can. The Lord works
in mysterious ways. Acts 2:1-11: “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were
all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from
heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where
they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as
of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave
them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men,
out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the
multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man
heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and
marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak
Galileans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were
born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in
Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
Phrygian, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about
Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians,
we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.” Praying for Jessie
Last night I had a dream. It looked like I was somewhere on the west coast. I met several people; it looked like they were on vacation. We started talking and they said that they did not support our military intervention in Iran. I told them that we are freeing the people of Iran from Islamic tyranny.
Then I met these two guys. I told them that I spoke in a French tongue. Immediately, they began to speak in tongues--in the exact French tongue that I speak. I asked them what I was saying (because I don't understand French). One of the guys said, "You are saying that a leader will come out of Hollywood."
[This dream may be about Spencer Pratt who is running for Mayor of Los Angeles.]
Isaiah 66: 15-16: "For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many." This is the Lord working THROUGH His saints (purified believers that are dead to self--not milk bottle Christians; Lordship Christians, not salvation Christians). When the Lord glorifies your body (rapture, the Presence God, Holy Ghost Fire), this is how the Lord destroys Satanic strongholds: strongholds in our physical bodies; powers and principalities in the heavenlies. The Lord glorifies my body (rapture) usually a few to several times a week. Sometimes it is so powerful, I think my eyes are going to burn right out of their sockets; it is almost painful. II Thessalonians 1: 8-10: "In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; WHEN HE SHALL COME TO BE GLORIFIED IN HIS SAINTS [The Second Coming to purified believers--believers that have gone through their tribulation], and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day."
Genesis 18: 20-21: “And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.” Genesis 19: 1: “And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.” Genesis 19: 13: “For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.” II Samuel 24: 15-17: “So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.” II Kings 19: 35: “And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.” Job 4: 9 "By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed." Isaiah 63: 1-6: “Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.” Jeremiah 51: 20-24: “Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.” Ezekiel 21: 1-5: “And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.” Ezekiel 21: 8-11: “Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.” Ezekiel 21: 14-15: “Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.” Ezekiel 21: 27: “I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.” Ezekiel 21: 28-32: “And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering: Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end. Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.” Acts 5: 1-11: "But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things. And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him. And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in. And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things." II Thessalonians 2: 8: "And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming." Jude 14-15: “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” This is Sodom! This is Sodom! This is a PERVERSE Generation! When I Came to Destroy the City Las Vegas Earthquake Wrath of God: The Black Death Angels of Destruction Clint Eastwood's film High Plains Drifter (1973)
